hoterdoc
06-13-2005, 03:04 PM
this boggles my mind, any food for thought?
if 6,600 play, and 1,500 start day 2, then this represents ~77% combined casualty rate, (5,100 players gone) for the three starting heats.
if 6,600 play, and 1,950 start day 2, then this represents ~69% casualty rate (4,650 players gone).
the 1500 and 1950 FIGURES COME FROM THE WSOP website:
http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/wsop.asp
consider that the blinds and antes for day one total to just under T$8,000, one could make it to day two by never even playing a single hand and just being blinded/ante'd down.
(not that one would want to do this)
it just seems hard to believe that many people are expected to bust out between the three starting heats, withthe intital blinds/antes being so low compared to the starting stacks.
IS IT JUST THAT LOOSE and CRAZY?
i plan on playing by the book (HOH I) (and HOH II if it ever gets here) in the hope of at least cashing, (a lot tighter than my usual crappy play).
it seems like if a lot of people play tight, not so many would get eliminated day one, do they just not.
after having read moneymaker's book, it sounds like he had a very sedate starting table to begin day I with, in 2003. Harrington was at his starting table, and I believe that they were one of the last tables to finally lose a player.
I guess this kind seems like a run-on post, any thoughts? particularly on playing pretty tight/survival?
thanks,
doc
if 6,600 play, and 1,500 start day 2, then this represents ~77% combined casualty rate, (5,100 players gone) for the three starting heats.
if 6,600 play, and 1,950 start day 2, then this represents ~69% casualty rate (4,650 players gone).
the 1500 and 1950 FIGURES COME FROM THE WSOP website:
http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/wsop.asp
consider that the blinds and antes for day one total to just under T$8,000, one could make it to day two by never even playing a single hand and just being blinded/ante'd down.
(not that one would want to do this)
it just seems hard to believe that many people are expected to bust out between the three starting heats, withthe intital blinds/antes being so low compared to the starting stacks.
IS IT JUST THAT LOOSE and CRAZY?
i plan on playing by the book (HOH I) (and HOH II if it ever gets here) in the hope of at least cashing, (a lot tighter than my usual crappy play).
it seems like if a lot of people play tight, not so many would get eliminated day one, do they just not.
after having read moneymaker's book, it sounds like he had a very sedate starting table to begin day I with, in 2003. Harrington was at his starting table, and I believe that they were one of the last tables to finally lose a player.
I guess this kind seems like a run-on post, any thoughts? particularly on playing pretty tight/survival?
thanks,
doc